Saab, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

35,267 Saabs are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 64% of initial MOT tests, 8.3 points below the 72.3% UK average and 56th of 63 makes.

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Saab models

3 models, most common on UK roads first. The 9-3 is the most common; across the range, the 9-5 has the highest pass rate at 65.6% and the 900 the lowest at 63.4%.

9-3 26,471 licensed in the UK 63.6% 9-3 MOT pass rate 18.1 years
9-5 5,514 licensed in the UK 65.6% 9-5 MOT pass rate 19.1 years
900 1,758 licensed in the UK 63.4% 900 MOT pass rate 32.8 years

Licensed vehicles from DfT statistics, June 2026. Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Saab at the MOT

64% of 42,031 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Saab 56th of 63 makes.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

Saab64%
All cars72.3%

Model pass rates partly reflect age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, which fail more often. Compare MOT pass rates for every make.

Saabs in the UK

35,267 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 79% since the end of 2014. The 9-3, 9-5 and 900 account for 96% of them.

Change since 2014: −79%from 166,599 licensed
Typical year of first use: 2007half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2007 or earlier
Declared off the road: 28,12744% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Saabs since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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2014 2017 2020 Q2 2026 35,267

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Date	Licensed
End of 2014	166,599
End of 2015	152,580
End of 2016	138,125
End of 2017	122,195
End of 2018	106,509
End of 2019	91,648
End of 2020	79,557
End of 2021	68,696
End of 2022	59,817
End of 2023	51,399
End of 2024	43,342
End of 2025	37,205
End of June 2026	35,267

How old they are

Licensed Saabs by year of first use.

A further 1,624 were first used before 1993.

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First used	Licensed, end 2025
2012	213
2011	2,390
2010	3,423
2009	3,526
2008	5,106
2007	5,714
2006	4,358
2005	3,004
2004	1,975
2003	952
2002	852
2001	712
2000	656
1999	491
1998	341
1997	329
1996	159
1995	92
1994	53
1993	277

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Across the 1,394 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Saab history check.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.